James v. State

LONG, Presiding Judge.

On January 13, 2000, the appellant, Edward James, Jr., filed a petition styled as a “petition for a writ of habeas corpus” in the Circuit Court of Escambia County, the county where he is incarcerated, challenging the validity of his 1988 convictions for attempted murder, robbery in the first degree, and burglary in the first degree. Because the claims raised in James’s petition were cognizable under Rule 32, Ala. R.Crim.P., the Escambia Circuit Court transferred the petition to the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, the county where James was convicted. See Rule 32.5,…